Sunday, January 6, 2008

Game, sport? Guess it depends on who you are or what you think about yourself average golfer. Is riding in a cart for eighteen holes, smoking a pack of Marlboros and drinking a six pack considered a sport? No? What if while doing it you shoot 73? Now is it a sport? Forget the cigs and beer, how about this scenario? You ride in the cart and carry about 40 extra pounds and shoot 78. Your opponent virtually jogs the course covered with $500.00 worth of space age fabrics while carrying his own clubs held by an indecipherable bag strap that you couldn't get on your back for love or money. He shoots 96. Sport/sport? Game/sport? Game/game?

John Daly's won two majors. Most tour pros have to envy that accomplishment. Has the game for John ever been a sport? Doubt it. Has the sport for Woods ever been a game? Doubt it. Definitely not inside the ropes. There's a lot of wiggle room in golf. You don't have to be in fantastic, (or any kind of), shape to hit a great golf shot(s). It certainly helps to be in good condition, but it's not essential. Try tackling LaDainian Tomlinson at the goal line or dunking over LeBron without being in top shape. The beauty of golf is me, you, Tiger, Daly, and the mouthy obnoxious guy you keep getting paired with, can all stick a wedge stiff from 119, some more than others.

So, game or sport....depends and who cares?

Tune in next time average golfer for Game or Sport? Bowling, archery, pool.

The idiot that started this.

Avid golfer. Been playing in earnest for the last 13 years. Trying to figure out how to play the 50+ rounds I used to play before a recent career change.Open to any and all ideas. A member of the Golf Clubmakers Association, (GCA). I enjoy building and repairing clubs. I like dogs a lot. Big dogs. Cats are for other people to like.
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